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weighty import and of omnipresent

interest.
4. He "speaks one having authority,
and not as the scribes." All cant BAN
ished, all circumlocution banished, all
concession to the audience banished, all
fear of man banished, all insincerity ban
ished, all falsities of every kind dismiss.
ed, he talks directly, fearlessly, earnestly,
wittily, intensely, truthfully, boldly
the message of God has given him.
5. Finally he has that solidity and in
ertia of wellanchored spirit that with
stands the recoil Of the truth be utters
and gives it its effect upon the audience.
have seen preachers deeply moved by
their preaching, when theirs was the only
vet eye in the house, and they thought
they were doing famously because they
were moving themselves SO nightly.
The weight of The gun and the solidity of
shoulder behind it has as much to do
with the speed and the execution of the
bullet as the powder.
I think that summarizes, if am right,
the human elements of Sam Jones' sue.
cess as an orator. In his sermon Sun.
day morning be gave another, and extra
human reason, reason for it, He was
begging for bis orphan asylum in Geor-
gia. "The food, the clothing, the shelter
of those boys and girls" said he, holding
up his hands, "come through these fin.
gers. I have long thought that one
great reason why God has so prospered
me in my work is because I am doing
this part of His work and He wants it 10
succeed"
The same evening at the supper. table
asked him whether after preaching he
felt any exhaustion other than that
physical fatigue which comes from stand,
ing on ones feet for an hour and the
laborious using of ones voice for that
time. sob, yes" be said "that is not
the killing part. 1t is the nervous ex.
haustion that tells. i think I have some
better notion than ever before of what
Jesus meant when He said that He per-
ceived that virtue had gone out of Him" i"
remarked that doubted that ell the
preachers and public speakers felt that
nervous prostration.
"Oh, no." he replied. "There are
some men who claim to be called to
preach, and I won't dispute it, but | vii:
say that if God ever called them 10
preach the gospel it was to keep 'em out
of mischief"
"Do you Think" asked, that God
has direct communication with your soul, ,
and that He speaks to you, aside from
His word, informing and directing you
in what we would call immaterial mat.
ter 2"
"Why, certainly" replied Mr.. Jones
instantly; "if l did not believe that l
would never pray"
You may sum the whole matter up in
this: Sam Jones is not that much-vauDt-
ed product of the nineteenth century, a
self.made man; he is that inexpressibly
career and more precious product of all
the centuries, a God. made man, endowed
with the power to speak the truth
Taeo. Raianul,i in Cincinnati Post.
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A Fatal Stroke.


In Aiken County, on the afternoon oi
the 18th inst, Mrs. Allen Pool, Mrs
James Harley and Mrs. Uri Noble and
their children were on their way from
Mr.. Allen POOLS to Hiram POOLS, when
a stroke of lightning struck in the midst
of them, killing Mrs. Noble instantly;
and seriously ipjuring Mrs. Pool. -Four
children were slightly hurt. Mrs. Noble
had her baby in her arms when she was
killed, but it was not hurt 10 any extent
The accident happened on Mr.. G. w
Buzbee's plantation in Hopewell Town
ship.-Jownal and Revie,o.
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The Farmer and Poultry.

Fannie Field, in l1rGu1e Farmer,
discourses on poultry and the farmer, as
follows:
"Many poor farmers are reluctant to
take poultry or eggs to market, because
of a false pride. They regard the bust
ness ofkeeping fowls as out their sphere
and kind of old woman's occupation,
with which they cannot afford to meddle.
At the same time, the thrifty wife may
be making more clear profit on poultry,
then the farmer makes from a small farm.
There are thousands of such farmers in
the northwest. 1t is no wonder that
sometimes the wife gets the idea that
John is slow, and not trying to pull his
half of the load. He does not even lend
encouragement to her efforts. He grum.
.bles about the food they consume, and
takes no interest in building houses or
coops. he even declares that poultry is
positive detriment, and points to the
struggling garden as proof, when the
real cause of failure is, that the same
piece of ground is planted year after year
with 70 fertilizer. Hs never compli.
ments his wife for the nice chickens or
fresh eggs she serves on the table, from
her thrifty poultry department. False
ideas about poultry are not possessed by
all small farmers. There are many young
men who have retained from their boy
hood experience an interest in the ways
of egg production, and give hearty co.
operation with the wife. They enter as
heartily into planning and building q
chicken house, as for horse stable or 8
hogpen. They feel q glow of pride when
the economical wife takes enough eggs TO
town to pay for the groceries, or sells
enough chickens in winter to pay for a
much coveted sewing machine. One OF
their pleasures is to euIogize the good
things presented on The table from the
poultry house.
"The use of tools, and the construction
of coops, nets, etc, have been SO careful
ly excluded from the reduction of most
women, that efforts need to be supple.
mented by those of the husband. While
the selection of a suitable breed, if pure.
bred fowls are desired, need not interest
him so much as the selection of breed
of cattle for his barns still the matter oil
breeds in poultry is worthy as great
minds as his own. The plan of per.
manent poultry house, when the time
comes to afford one, should command bis
wide.awake interest. How TO make the
poultry pay fora fence around the garden
should be of interest to all. Poultry
books read aloud in the family circle
should be alike of interestto the wife and
husband"
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els God Here.O

j, A4eyoung man had been extremely
profane,, and thought little of the matter.
After his marriage to a. highminded,
lovely wife, the habit appeared to him in
different light, and he made spasmodic
efforts to conquer it. But not until a
few months ago did he become victor,
when the glowing evil was set before him
by little incident, in its real aud shock.
ling sinfnlness. ~
One Sunday morning standing before
the mirror shaving, the razor slipped,
inaicting. q slight wound: True to his
6xed:habit be calculated the single wcrd
"God 2" and was not little amazed and
chagrined to see reflected in the mirror
the pretty picture of his little three.year-
old daughter, as laying her dolly hastily
down she sprang from her seat on the
floor; exclaiming as she looked eagerly
and expectantly about the room, SIS bod
here 2"
Pale and ashamed, and at a loss for a
better answer, be simply said, "Why?"
cause I thought he was when heard
you speak to him.
Then noticing the sober look on bis
face and the tears of shame in his eyes as
he gazed down into the innocent, radiant
face, she patted him lovingly on the
hand, exclaiming assuringly. "Call him
again; papa, and dess be surely come. .
Oh, how every syllable of the chid's
trusting words cut to the heart The
still, small voice was heard at last
Catching the wondering child up in bis
arms he knelt down, and for the first time
in his life implored of God forgiveness
for past offenses and guidance for all
his future life, thanking Him in ferven1
spirit that he had not "surely come
before, in answer to some of his awful
blasphemes. Surely "a little child shall
lead them"
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We shall never forget our trip to
Monteagle, and do most heartily, advise
any teacher who feels able to spare the
money next summer to spend at least
two weeks there. The, natural and intel
lectual atmosphere one breathes there
are delightfully."- elevating.
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The First Telegram.

Professor Morse found it hard to get
the bill for the first magnetic telegraph
through Congress. He thought it had
failed, for at the evening session of
March Sd, 1S43, there were 10 bills
before it, and it seemed impossible for all
to be acted upon before Congress ad,
iourned. The Professor left the Capitol
with sad heart, and prepared to leave
for New York.
While at breakfast a servant informed
him that young lady desired to see him
in the parlor. There he met Miss Annie
Ellsworth, then young school girl-the
daughter of his intimate friend, Hon.
Henry L. Ellsworth, the frat Commits.
sioner of Patents,-who said, as she OK
tended her hand to him: II have come
to congratulate you.'
"Upon what?" inquired the Professor.
upon the passage of your BILL" she
replied.
"Impossible Its fate was sealed at
dusk last evening. You must be mis-.
taken."
"Not at ALL" she responded. "Father
sent me to tell you that your bill was
passed. He remained until the session
closed, and yours was passed just FIVE
| minutes before the adjournment; and l
am so glad to be the first one to tell you.
Mother says, too, that you must come
with me to breakfast"
The invitation was readily accepted,
and the joy in the household was un.
bounded. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth
had fully believed in the project, and
the former, in his confidence in it, and in
his warm friendship for Professor Morse,
had spent all the closing hours of the
session in the State chamber, doing what
he could to help the bill along. and Civ
t ing it all the influence Of his high per-
sonal and official position.
Grasping the hand of his young friend,
the Professor thanked her again and
again for bearing him such pleasant
tidings, and assured her that she could
send the first message as her reward
The matter was talked over in the family,
and Mrs. Ellsworth suggested message,
which Professor Morse referred to the
daughter for approval; and this was the
one which was subsequently sent.
A little more than year after that
time, the line between Washington and
Baltimore was completed. Professor
Morse was in the former city, and Mr..
Vail, his assistant, in the latter; the first
in the chamber of Supreme Court, the
last in the Mount Glare Depot, when,
the circuit being perfect, Professor Morse
sent to Miss Ellsworth for her message
and it came.
"wHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT u
1t was sent in triplicate in the dot and
line language of the instrument to Balti.
more, and was the first message ever
transmitted by recording telegraph.
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around, and all these ought to be put
down at another hundred, and this
makes up altogether about ten per cent.
on the investment, which is as good as
Georgia railroad stock, and less liable to
change and the accidents of commerce.
We have no conflict with labor, no perils
of fire or thieves or robbers or defalca-
tors. Even General Sherman failed to
destroy it, and where he dug his trenches
is better land than ever. wish | had
control of him and his diggers for about
month"; would have my whole farm
subsoiled three feet deep.
The third class are the tenants, the
humble yoemanry of. the land-the
toilers and Sweaters who are not working
to get rich, but to make living. They
have no ambition for fame or fortune
and are contented with their lot. Their
fathers left them but little besides good
example of industry and honesty and
patriotism and they will do the same by
their children. They are generally good
law.abiding citizens. When the over.
seer of the road warns them to come and
work the highway they shoulder shovel
and 60 and have good time joking and
laughing and playing marbles and swap.
ping the neighborhood news. When the
sheriff summons them to serve on the
jury they take it afoot to town, and like
patience on monument, sit and listen to
the lawyers quarrel and so earn their two
dollars day and are thankful. They
have not settled it yet whether q level
moon or tilting one foreshadows rain,
but certain it is, one or the other. They
still believe that bolts kill horses and
that weak.eyed nag ought to be cut for
the hooks They are rough and strong
and self-rsliant. They never surrender
to misfortune, but dare to love their
country and hate the niggers aud live
poor. These men make no complaint
about depression, but take life as it
comes and are ready for the next war.
Too many things are charged up to the
farm that don't belong there. My farm
does not support my family, but it is not
the fault of the farm. One of my boys
made thousand dollars clear money on
it in one year, and it was poor year,
but we spent it for him, and so he got
discouraged and quit. A diligent man.
aging young man with no dependents
can take that farm and clear fifteen hun.
dred dollars on it raising grain and hay
and cattle and hogs. When an aspiring
country family is trying to keep up with
town ways, and social customs and falls
behind in money and credit, the defalca-
tion should not be charged up to the
farm. One Of my nabors kept q team on
the road to town every day and he wore
out his buggies and harness every year,
and it took half the farm made to keep
up the team and the repairs, and pay the
driver. One summer he had lots of COM
pany and when they began to come there
we're three or four hundred chickens in
the backyard, but before the company
left he was buying about twenty a day.
Buthe is shifty man, and manages to
get along. A man can't run free hotel,
and a free livery stable on hundred
acre farm and save any money. 'He
couldn't do it in the good old days when
niggers was-and he can't do it now, but
I know man who tries to.
Bill. ARP.
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Two women living on Lady's Island,
Beaufort County, quarreled Wednesday
and soon came to blows, when one picked
up brickbat and knocked the other
down, breaking her skull. She died in q
short time. The slayer was arrested and
now rests behind the bars in Beaufort
Jail.
Help somebody worse off than your.
self, and you will find that you are better
of than you fancied.
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= There is an old saying in Georgia
that if it rains OIL the first dog day it will
rain every day for forty days. Out of
this queer bet has been made by two
Atlanta men. Forty dollars is the
amount of the pot. Whenever it rains
the man who bet on the rain takes 81
Whenever the day is fair the other fellow
takes 81. So far the rain man is way
ahead,
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1t is the mother who moulds tho
character and ;xes the destiny of the
child.
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"wHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT ~
1t was sent in triplicate in the dot and
line language of the instrument to Balti-
more, and was the first message ever
transmitted by recording telegraph.
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So it is with Sam Jones preaching.
If he said what all other preachers cay,
and in the same way that they say it and
had nothing new, he could not get a
corporaPs guard to come out to hear him.
First, then, he says something new.
But so will fool or lunatic say some.
thing new, yet he will not command
attention. No one will 60 to hear him
say it. Life is too short and lunatic folly
is too wearisomely common. What Sam
Jones says is not only new, it is also
true. He is touched with the real heart
of things, and impresses his hearers with
the truthfulness of his utterances. Lo,
here is marvel! Come all men! Here
is man who speaks new things and yet
they are true things. The mines oftruth
are not exhausted, as we had disrnally
been supposing. No wonder we crowd
to hear him.
2. Then bis new things are true things.
New true things interest and amuse and
entertain, but they cannot greatly i'm
press one, if they only be new and true.
Sam Jones, however not only tells new
true things, but they are upon the most
important themes. Life and death,
heaven or hell, eternal success, eyerlast-
ing failure; these are his themes.
Everybody has personal interest in the
subject matter, and to hear something
new and truo upon it is worth going
many mile.
Than his nam trne ihinns are of
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There are three classes of farmers /:
Those who own the land and cultivate it
with home or hired labor; those who
are landlords only and rent their land to
tenants, and those who are tenants only.
Mr.. Munford and G. NJ. Jones and
Captain Lyon and Mr.. Davis and Joe
Bradley and Major Wooley and Mr..
Milan are fair samples of the st.class,
and they are all prosperous. They trade
and traffic some outside of the farm but
the farm is the mudsill, the foundation
oftheir prosperity. Their farms are not
for sale. On the contrary they buy
more land, and 1 expect would like to
own all that joins them. Men of their
class are not complaining of depression.
They are not as rich as they want to be,
but their neighbors don't complain about
that.
I have the honor to belong to the
second class. Since my boys have quit
me for more ambitious things, I rent out
my land and have only general super
vision. Tie farm cost me six thousand
dollars. My rents average four hundred
dollars, which is about six per cent after
paying taxes. Besides this we have 9
comfortable home and plenty of cheap
fuel, which may be put down at another
hundred, and there are the fruits and
vegetables and potatoes and chickens
and ducks and spring lamb and fall NUT
ton and fat pig now and then for q
barbecue, and there is latitude and long
| itude and springs and branches and
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-11-18
Views TO Order.

''Viewsr' exclaimed the Catskin board
tng house keeper. ''Viewsl Why, sir, if
there is any state you would like to see,
name it and III indicate it with my
6ngern
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Rare Books In Paris.

In Paris they win not sell you book
for 500 francs and let it go afterward at
your own auction sale for 500. II they
have sold you "peachblow vase" sort of
book their dignity as well as their in
terest viii make them redeem it at the
price they have made you pay, or not
much less. 1t is the ambition Of every
bookseller not to become wealthy in ten
or twenty years, but to become a bibli-
opole; perhaps because in that realm Of
equality everybody's desire Is to be of the
privileged few, perhaps because honors
are priced more than riches there. 1t is
silly to run mad after bit OF red ribbon
for the lapel Of ones coat, but it is not
for the bibliophile who runs mad after
bookbinding TO say so. Moreover, the
man who would rather have a red ribbon
than fortune, If bookseller, is the man
for bibliophile. Valuable books are not
70 be sold like boots; there must be some
show of feeling about it.-New York
Times
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Mf!1KaSISESyIIXIIlLI3

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the timely use OF Parkers Ginger Tonic but delay is dan
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and disorders OF stomach and bowels b0c. at Druggists
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-11-18
Value of an Education.

Little Dot-Oh, dear, don't see why
mamma gives me such lessons as this TO
learn, nothin' but great big words
Little Dick-Wel, folks use big words
sometimes.
"But these are awful long things, ever
so many syllables; why, some stretch
most clear across the page. There isn't
any use in learning them"
Indeed there is, Dot If you don't
learn all them big long words you'll grow
up in ignorance an never be able to read
circus posters. Omaha World
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A STARCH MAKING SECRET.

lone girl in our factory has a secret
way Of making the starch, and allows no
one in the room but her little sister while
she is making it. She puts acertain guam
tity of borax or wax in it that CLOSES the
linen beautifully, and we pay her $25 a
week Just for her talent. When her little
sister gets old enough and has learned the
secret we'll we shall take her into our en-
ploy"
''What do the medium class ironers and
starchers maker was asked.
Every few fall below 81, but 1 think
the average is about so. The work is
very tiresome, of course, but most of our
girls seem to stand it well, and l never
heard Of one of them dying of consump-
ton. Indeed we took in q frail little
thing Of eighteen who had been dress
maker. The doctor said perhaps the work
might save her, and it did. She is now as
plump and rosy as though she had never
had sick day"
1t would seem from this information as
though laundry work was not the drudgery
it is thought to be. 1t was learned that
the ironers at the many Troy laundries in
this city earn from $40 TO $15 on an aver
dAGs anu NAlAd SOOO OAAOo a NShs
for each collar or cuff is frequently paid
the best ironers, and some of them iron as
many as 800 a day. This, of course, by
machine.
Suspender makers are another class Of
women workers, who, if proficient, can
man an excellent living. 1t is said that
there are only two women known to the
trade who can set in the small extra piece
Of leather at the buttonhole on the finer
class of suspenders. This piece is an ex-
ira lining TO hold the button hole stitching
well, and must be placed without q
wrinkle. These two workers make some
$40 week One is the wife OF well to
do clothier and works for one firm only.
Ten cents q dozen is the magnificent
sum paid for stitching the cheapest sus-
penders; 81 day is considered fair wages
at that class Of work A dollar dozen
is about the usual price paid for the best
class of work, and very smart woman
can make SO q day.
Neckties were at one time excellent pay,
but they are no longer the intricate things
they were in the days Of "shirt covers, :"
and only few women earn more than q
living making them.-New York Journal.